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Oregon Sunstone in Matrix, 123.8 grams

Here is a wonderful specimen of Oregon Sunstone in it's basalt matrix. This specimen was acquired from the Pana - Mine in Plush Oregon some years ago.

If you have ever seen Oregon sunstone from the Sunstone Butte area of Plush, then you know the volcanic basalt is intact unlike the lower sunstone basin where the basalt has eroded into a clay - like substance.

This volcanic basalt is very light weight, almost nothing to it. Almost all the weight of this specimen is the sunstone.

The sunstone crystals present in this specimen are just filled with Copper platelets or Schiller as it is known. There is one area near the center that has an unusual iridescence to it. The sunstone is approx. 2 cm thick.